| Titre : | Assessing alignment of local climate strategies with European green deal priorities: evidence from small settlements (2026) |
| Auteurs : | Y. Damari ; T. Berchoux |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Climate Policy (vol. 26) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 1-15 |
| Note générale : | GRANULAR project |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Catégories principales 05 - DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL ; 5.1 - DéveloppementThésaurus IAMM NEUTRALITE CLIMATIQUE ; DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ; COMMUNAUTE RURALE ; COLLECTIVITE RURALE ; POLITIQUE PUBLIQUE ; ZONE RURALE ; STRATEGIE ; DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL ; GOUVERNANCE TERRITORIALE ; UNION EUROPEENNE |
| Résumé : | Rural areas are indispensable to achieving the European Green Deal’s (EGD) vision of climate neutrality by 2050, yet the extent to which local climate actions reflect this potential remains unclear. This study investigates how small rural municipalities engage with the EGD’s thematic domains by analysing over 43,000 local policy measures from the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) database. Through a systematic classification and multiple correspondence analysis, we assess both the thematic alignment and policy instrument diversity across the Green Deal domains. The findings reveal a striking thematic imbalance: while Clean Energy and Sustainable Mobility account for over 80% of measures, critical domains such as Biodiversity Protection, Sustainable Food Systems, and Zero Pollution are severely underrepresented – despite their high relevance and feasibility for rural contexts. Furthermore, local policy portfolios are dominated by informational and operational instruments, indicating a preference for low-barrier interventions over more transformative regulatory or financial tools. Clustering analysis identifies four distinct policy strategies – Public Sector Infrastructure, Technology & Incentive-Based, Awareness & Behavioural Change, and Operational Energy Management – each reflecting differing configurations of policy focus, implementation approach, and local capacity. These results expose structural governance gaps and underscore the need to empower rural municipalities with greater resources, enforcement authority, and cross-sectoral planning capacity. By illuminating how current local actions fall short of the Green Deal’s systemic ambitions, this study offers concrete recommendations to rebalance the rural policy landscape and strengthen Europe’s multilevel climate governance architecture. |
| Note de contenu : | Giving Rural Actors Novel data and re-Useable tools to Lead public Action in Rural areas (Grant agreement ID: 101061068) |
| Cote : | Online |
| URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2026.2646996 |
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